Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 808

Baran

Baran /baˈɾan/

“rain”3

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Baran?

Baran

IPA /baˈɾan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Baran mean?

Baran means “rain” in Persian and entered Ottoman Turkish with this sense. Carrying an image of plenty and renewal, the word is used today mostly as a male given name.3

What is Baran made of?

Baran is a single Persian root: baran (rain).

Baran root baran rain PERSIAN bārān “rain” Baran baran root rain bārān PERSIAN “rain”
Baran: parts and root words
  • bārān Persian — rain3

How was the name Baran formed?

Baran is the word baran (“rain”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Baran?

Baran Baransel Baransu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Baransel same root – –
02 Baransu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Baran most common?

Baran is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 12th in Diyarbakır.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 12 · 10,838 people Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van · rank 25 · 3,515 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Baran: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Diyarbakır1210,838
02Van253,515

Who are some well-known people named Baran?

  1. Aksel Baran Potur association football player 2002–
  2. İlhan Baran composer 1934–2016
  3. İbrahim Baran university teacher 1940–
  4. İbrahim Halil Baran writer 1981–
  5. Ali Baran singer 1955–
  6. Mahmut Baran jurist 1959–
  7. Ali Serhat Baran artist 1977–
  8. Selçuk Baran writer 1933–1999

People surnamed Baran as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Baran also a first name?

Yes. Baran is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “rain”.

Baran as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Baran accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bārān accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: baran accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Baran

Q1

What does the surname Baran mean?

Baran means “rain” in Persian and entered Ottoman Turkish with this sense. Carrying an image of plenty and renewal, the word is used today mostly as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Baran?

The root word of Baran is bārān (Persian): “rain”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Baran?

Ba·ran, 2 syllables; IPA: /baˈɾan/.